The Scottsboro Boys Cast - Southern Days Lyrics

INTERLOCUTOR
Now while you boys are waiting for the verdict, sing that song �bout home we love so much! Go on! Sing it!

ALL
DON�T YOU MISS
THE SIGHT OF WILLOWS DRIPPIN�
ON A BALMY SOUTHERN DAY?
DON�T YOU MISS THE TASTE OF JULEP SIPPIN�
AS YOU WHILE THAT DAY AWAY?
AND IN THE KITCHEN MAMMY�S PULLIN� PORK,
BAKIN� RIBS, SHUCKIN� CORN
TELL THE TRUTH NOW
DON�T YOU BLESS THE ALABAMA MORNIN�
YOU WERE BORN?
DON�T YOU MISS
THE SOUND OF BANJOS STRUMMIN�
WHEN THE MOON IS SHININ� BRIGHT?
DON�T YOU MISS
THE SOUND OF DARKIES HUMMIN�
ON A TRANQUIL SUMMER NIGHT?
OH, IT�S FUN TO JUST REMEMBER WHEN
AND LONG TO HURRY BACK AGAIN
TO THOSE LAZY, LAMENTED
AND SWEET LACKADAISICAL
LOVABLE SOUTHERN DAYS

INTERLOCUTOR
Oh how I used to love that song. I remember sitting on the porch, hearing it at twilight, rising up from the cotton fields.
You boys sing it so beautifully, just the way I like it. It wouldn�t hurt if you smiled a bit.

ALL
AND IN THE KITCHEN MAMMY�S PULLIN� PORK
COOKIN� GRITS, SCRUBBIN� HAM
TELL THE TRUTH NOW
DON�T YOU MISS
THOSE HONEYSUCKLE DAYS IN ALABAM?
HOW THE SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
COME BACK TO ME!
LIKE MY DADDY HANGIN� FROM A TREE

INTERLOCUTOR
Here now, wait a minute --

ALL
OR THE FIRE THAT MADE
THOSE CROSSES BURN.

INTERLOCUTOR
I don�t remember that part of the song.

ALL
DON�T YOU WISH
THAT WE COULD JUST RETURN
TO THOSE LANGUID AND LIMPID
AND LISTLESS AND INDOLENT
LOVABLE SOUTHERN DAYS.

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